عَسَلَّجٌ

عِسْلَاجٌ

عِسْلَاجٌ: see the following paragraph.

عُسْلُوجٌ

عُسْلُوجٌA branch, or twig, or shoot:(Mṣb:) or a branch, or twig, or shoot, that is a year old:(Lth, O:) or a rod, or twig, or shoot, of recent growth:(TA:) or any plant that comes forth green, twisting, or wreathing, and soft, before it assumes other colours:(AḤn, O:) or, as alsoعُسْلُجٌ↓, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) andعِسْلَاجٌ↓, (O,)a soft and green rod or twig or shoot(Ṣ, O, Ḳ)of a tree, and of a grape-vine, when it first grows forth:(Ṣ, O:) or all signify a branch, or twig, or shoot, until a year old:(M, TA:) orعُسْلُجٌ↓ signifies a soft, or tender, branch or twig or shoot:(TA:) the pl. of عُسْلُوجٌ is عَسَالِيجُ: (Mṣb:) and this is said to signify a certain[sort of]white thing, that comes forth in theصَيْف[meaning either spring or summer], and stretches along like theخَيْزُرَان[or kind of cane called rattan], soft, or supple, and bending:(O:) it is [also] said to signify the عُروق of trees, i. e. the نُجُوم thereof [meaning the sprouts from the roots (see art. نجم)]that shoot forth in the year: and certain things that spread upon the surface of the earth, likeعُرُوق[or roots], and are green: or a certain plant upon the banks of rivers, bending and inclining by reason of softness, or tenderness, or luxuriance: and, as used by the vulgar, rods, or twigs, or shoots, of recent growth.(L.)

word: عُسْلُوجٌ ― (signification - A2)

Also † A boy, or young man, hot-headed, and light, or active, in spirit.(IAạr, O.) And جَارِيَةٌ غُسْلُوجَةُ النَّبَاتِ(O, Ḳ) and القَوَامِ(O) ‡ A soft, or tender, girl or young woman.(O, Ḳ, TA.) Andقَوَامٌ عُسْلُجٌ↓ † A soft, or tender, figure, or person:(O, Ḳ:) the latter word, used in this sense by El-ʼAjjáj, said to be a contraction of عُسْلُوجٌ. (TA.) Andشَبَابٌ عُسْلُجٌ↓ † A perfect state of youthfulness.(TA.)